John Laing Ltd.. the British construction company working on Saudi Arabian air defence plans. has offered to buy 26.000 tons of Jordanian cement.— A P.

But ft is contracting just as quickly because of the effects of the squeeze. and firms are going out of business at a aangerous rate. There is an obvious danger for those building companies which have ploughed capital into developing their own industrialised house-building syste

Urgent inqui into banking firm—Jay THE Board of Trade is urgently investigating the' banking firm of Davies Investment Ltd., which has ceased business. Mr. Doulas Jay. President of the Board of Trade. told M Ps in the Commons yesterday. " When we have ascertained the_ facts we w

Two "Approaching Automation" advisory centres. the first to be set up as part of the Ministry of Technology campaign are to be opened in Scotland in February.

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All engagements up to August L utcluding rpolorn Derby and Doncaster St Leger: Cale.° tat • as yesterday) Great Yorkshire Handicap Steeplechase (Doncaster): Fort Loney. All edEagementa: Chaney (dead,. Chateau &land (dead). Nlzam (dead). add Flaming ;Assad (dead).